.................The Lynx
Gosford Showground Speedway staged meeting no.2 for the 2000-001
calendar season with the Radio 2GO FM Speedway Super Prix. The meeting
featuring
nsw's best Solo riders and the return of British League riders Adam Shields
and Lee Herne for their first meeting of the Australian summer. A
unseasonly
overcast and cool night greeted a rather healthy crowd on hand to witness the
first real hit out of the year for the Solo riders. The support program
comprised of top line Sidecar teams from all the country including the return
of reigning Aussie champs O'Brien's for W.A. and local gun team Grant
Bond/Victor Gavenlock. The racing was
fast and furious from the opening heat
with Ben Shields upsetting the local "sultan of Slide" Mick Poole with a
first up heat win. Adam Shields stormed home to victory in his first heat
with Lee Herne coming home 2nd and from all reports his improvement after his
first season in the British Premiers was evident after watching him go
around. The sidecar heats saw the teams of Cleave, Bond, O'Brien and Houston
take the early honours in the lead up to the finals.
The Sidecar Final was a hard fought affair with the eventual winners going to
the outfit of Andy Cleave/ Dave Power , Bond 2nd and O'Brien in 3rd.
The Solo Final went to yet again Mick Poole whom was hard pressed by Adam
Shields all night who finished 2nd and 3rd went to the impressive looking Dean Wiseman.(*3rd was officially awarded to Lee
Fernance as Wiseman did not qualify but
competed in the Final through invitation and was placed at a 20 metre handicap)
Report and riders scores courtesy of Jan Grainger.

Gavin Edwards had young Stephen Saunders as passenger. It appeared that
Gavin may have been going a bit hard, especially with a novice on board and
Stephen fell from the chair, Chris Pyms tray collecting him. Looked
horrible but we believe Stephen is okay but pretty sore.

Solo Final
Mick Poole 1st
Adam Shields 2nd
*Leigh Fernance 3rd
Tony Primmer fell at the pit gates just before the flag with a suspected
broken collarbone. Ben Shields came down also.*After two unfortunate engine failures plus a solid win in the heats, Dean Wiseman
failed to qualify for the Solo Final. He approached track organisers in a bid to ride in
the 10 lap Final. It was agreed to allow the young gun to ride, but off a 20 metre
handicap. Dean then finished third, however Fernance was awarded that place.
Good crowd in attendance and the Extreme Jump Spectacular featuring Dayne
Kinnaird (NSW) and Nigel Brown (WA) was certainly SPECTACULAR. The skies
came over very, very dark but no rain fell throughout the meet

....................Andreas
Jonsson extended his lead in the "Jack Daniels International Golden Helmet
Series" with a faultless Round 2 performance at the Rockhampton Showgrounds.
The slick-gating Swede dominated the meeting, winning all of his six starts
emphatically. Jonsson was a joy to watch as he swept around the outside line of the
circular track, increasing his lead with each lap.

His Swedish colleague, Daniel Nermark, sidestepped the mechanical gremlins which dogged
him in the first round to follow the World Under 21 Champion home for second place in the
Final. Russian Champion, Sergie Darkin, again filled third spot after Poland's
Krzysztof Cegielski exited stage left with engine failure in the first lap.

The Consolation Final was unchanged from gate to flag, with Pole Zbigniew Czerwinski
leading in Ukraine's Alexandr Lyatosinskyy and Queenslander Trent Leverington.
Fellow Aussie, Scott Smith, failed to start due to machine problems.

Star performer of the Australian contingent was Brisbane's Clinton Leitch. Although the scorechart grants him only one point, Leitch's
barnstorming, never-say-die charges around the fence were real heart stoppers. Three
times as he tried to get the better of his international opponents, Lady Luck conspired
against him and sent him crashing to earth just when glory seemed in his grasp.

His only glimpse
of the chequered flag came in his second heat, when he just missed out on a fence scraping
effort to snatch second place from Czerwinski.

Out of the gloom, Leitch was able to salvage the consolation of not only recording the
fastest time in the opening Lap Dash event, but breaking Leigh Adams' one lap record as well.

New Zealander Daniel McKinlay's dream was again haunted by mechanical nightmares which
allowed him complete just his first two races.

Local Rockhampton whiz kid, Luke Kluver, gave a fair account of himself with three
thirds in the heats, while the other Queenslander, Todd Groves, brought up
the rear but continued upwards on the learning curve.

Continuing fixtures in England have now ruled Ales and Lukas Dryml out of the series, but
home riders such as Jason Crump will be drafted into their places.

28.....It's been an uphill struggle, but the new Kwinana
Motorplex in Western Australia looks set for a grand opening on December 15.

With the world famous 'Claremont Speedway' now just a memory, all eyes centre on Perth's
new motor racing complex to the south of the city. Kwinana operators Con Migro and Gary
Miocevich were able to battle through 'red tape' and local community obstacles to have
this state of the art Speedway and Drag Racing complex built from an Industrial wasteland.
The Kwinana Motorplex will cost the WA State Government $18 million.

A 360 metre Motorcycle Speedway has been constructed inside the 500 metre Car track and
should dispel any future track preparation hassles between the race classes.

Both Solos and Sidecars will feature alongside the Car classes on the opening Friday
night, with a Drag Race meeting at the venue the following night. The Complex will be used
extensively throughout summer as a heavy racing schedule has been proposed.

Everyone at TMCC wishes Steve
Chaffey (Chaff) a quick and speedy recovery
from a broken arm....

21.....It was a fantastic start to the Jack Daniel's Golden
Helmet Series at Maryborough last night with Sweden's Andreas Jonsson showing the big
crowd why he recently won the World U/21 Championship. While Jonsson didn't have his own
way out of the gate in most cases, he was pure class into his rides with stunning passes
both inside and outside, and amazing line switching whenever needed.

The Maryborough track had
little to offer in the way of drive early in the meeting, however came to life during
heat 8 as New Zealand's young gun Daniel McKinlay persisted with a very wide
outside pass on last years Series winner Alex Lyatosinskyy (Ukraine) which lasted well
over a lap! From then on, riders were rewarded as they searched wider for the drive. The
Kiwi's tremendous promise later evaporated into despair as his engine destroyed itself in
a big way, prompting a motor swap.

Poland's Krzysztof Cegielski
eventually found form after a slow start to his night with a very hard fought victory over
Jonsson in heat 10 where passing and re-passing were the order of the race.

1997 Golden Helmet winner
Sergie Darkin of Russia raced straight into top form in this series and was only
beaten once in his four heat rides by an awesomely determined Brisbanite Clinton Leitch who also ventured wide into the drive for the upset.
Poland's Zbigniew Czerwinski began his maiden Golden
Helmet series campaign by winning the programme opening lap dash feature then showed
enough in his four heats that he'll trouble the opposition as the Series progresses.

Daniel Nermark returned to
Australia for his third Series and launched straight into action only narrowly losing to
Jonsson in the opening heat. From there, the Swede was let down by mechanical
failure, so much so that an engine change was made without success.

Of the hometwon riders,
Leitch was troubled in his first heat by an errant drive chain that resulted in
worrying damage, however he bounced back and finished top Aussie of the night. Rising
star, Gold Coaster Trent Leverington relished the oppotunity to 'mix it' with
top-line Speedway talent and rode the race of his life to record a heat win over
Lyatosinskyy and Czerwinski by virtue of a calm and calculated outside pass in heat 11
which took two laps. Unlucky Dave Watt once again succumbed to mechanical gremlins and
parked the bike after two strong second placings in his heats. Todd Groves untroubled the score sheet on the night but was never far from the
action and definitely learnt from the experience.

Semi-Final one saw Cegielski
'hit his straps' and comfortably lead home Darkin from Czerwinski with Leverington's chain
skipping off.

The second Semi turned
into a grudge match between Lyatosinskyy and Jonsson, where both were uninterested in
second place (even though 1st AND 2nd resulted in a Final berth) and fought race long with
the Ukrainian winning but a whisker. Clinton Leitch ran third with the luckless Nermark
trailing to fourth on an upset bike.

With Nermark unable to
contest the Consolation Final, McKinlay was able to resume racing courtesy of some slick
pit work by 'Team Titman'. Czerwinski lead home Leitch from McKinlay and Leverington in
that 'B' Final.

The 4 lap Final promised
to be a crowd pleaser and the riders delivered. Lyatosinskyy lead from the gate hounded by
Jonsson and Cegielski with Darkin trailling. The Swede drew alongside the leader well
into lap two as he attempted an outside pass, however the track was slickening off out
wide. A very quick switch back to the inside on turn two of lap 3 gave the World U/21
champ the lead. Cegielski then came into contention low on the track passing
Lyatosinskyy as well. Darkin loomed as a threat once wound up and also 'pegged of'
the initial leader. The Pole simply could not bridge the narrow gap Jonsson had, and
settled for second as the Russian proved threatening. Lyatosinskyy
then idled over the line to fourth.

It was a brilliant start to
the Series with all riders putting on a great show and with both Ales and Lukas Dryml
from the Czech Republic joining the fray for the next round at Rockhampton this
saturday, augurs well for yet another Ivan Mauger promoted Series 'Hit'.

16.....Entries close with the last mail this Friday (October
20) for the annual
Bathurst long track motorcycle meeting, scheduled for Saturday 4 November.

Main events on the program will the Long Track Solo Open for slider machines
and the Long Track Sidecar Open for speedway sidecar machines. There will
also be the third staging of the Bluey Wilkinson Memorial Trophy for
speedway solo machines.

In addition, the support classes cater for a great variety of machines
including junior classes.

For information contact Kevin McDonald 02 63 311955.

12.....Results of the 4th round of the Club Championships at
Tamworth Speedway from Steve and
Melissa Bignall............

7.....A new era in Australian Speedway roared into action
in comprehensive fashion
last night with the 1st meeting of the 2000/001 season at the newly
renovated Lynx Gosford Showground Speedway. Under the Stewardship of new
Promoters David Tapp and Geoffrey Lowe, the facility which was previously
run by Gosford Legend Terry Poole (Mick's Dad) has under gone a major
redevelopment over the off season period. The most noticeable being the
widening of the track to accommodate 6 Solo riders and 5 Sidecar teams, The
pits now relocated to the stable yards on the Southern side of the track and
new pit gate entry, a new spectator "Hill" at the Northern End of Turn 1
provides the most stunning vantage point for Speedway fans.

Extra lighting has been installed and a number of other obvious improvements
were also evident. David Tapp advised that there will be on-going
improvements over the season to bring the venue upto a World Class standard.
It hasn't been smooth sailing for David as he has come against some
Bureaucracy obstacles and red tape. But to his credit and in typical "Tapp"
style he has overcame these hurdles and the long term future of the venue
under his steady hand should ensure some exciting Speedway action ahead for
the spectators and pundits.

As for the racing, a Balmy Spring evening greeted a rather large and
enthusiastic crowd whom have gathered at anticipation at tonight's meeting
of the running of the "Sidecar Grand National Classic" proudly sponsored by
West Gosford Smash Repairs, which was run over a new Grand Prix Style
format. The meeting attracted the "Big Guns" of the Aussie Sidecar scene,
Defending Australian Champions Glenn and
Nathan O'Brien from Perth, Teenage
Sensation Justin & Mark Plaisted from South Oz, Andrew Cleave & Dave Power
from Victoria and NSW's Grant Bond &
Victor Gavenlock, Darren Cafe/Derrick
Williams and Alana Harrington/Josh Barbara all intent on locking horns and
providing the crowd with the best Sidecar racing seen to date at the venue.

From the outset of Heat One the racing was fast and furious with the sidecar
teams going hell for leather in their quest for an A Final Berth. South
Aussie "Teenage Tornado" pairing of Justin & Mark Plaisted providing the
crowds with a sample of their thrilling cut and thrust style of racing as
they set about dominating proceedings in their heats leading upto the
A-Final. NSW's Grant Bond/Victor Gavenlock were the surprise packets of the
early heats when they took on and won against their more fancy interstate
rivals. National Title Holders Glenn & Nathan O Brien after winning Heat 1
experienced Mechanical Failure that relegated them to the B-Final, a
disappointing night for the reigning Aussie champs.

A cracking line-up for the A-Final of the Sidecar Grand National saw fast
and furious action from the outset as the 5 Sidecar teams all launched for
the holes hot on Turn 1, an awesome spectacle to be hold for the fans. It
was NSW's Grant Bond whom took the early lead with The Plaisted team nipping
at their heals all the way as they dodged one and another for the lead
throughout the race.
The talented Teenagers saw their moment on Turn 3 of the last lap as they
saw a slight opening on the inside of Bond and drove underneath to take the
lead and snatch a victory from Bond pushing hard right to the chequered
Flag, and Andy Cleave coming home in 3rd, Tamworth's Jim Bob Turner finished
4th and Steve Houston in 5th.
An emphatic win for the 2 Teenage South Aussie Sensations who were the
standout team on the night and have sounded the first warning to the
defending Aussie Champs, O'Brien team of their intentions for the National
titles later on in the season.

The Support Solo program also provided the crowds with some white hot
racing. In the C-Grade events, Young Daniel
Mason showed he is ready for
promotion to the B-grade with commanding 3 heat wins and taking the final
by almost 1/2 lap from his opposition.
The B-Grade provided some thrilling battles between Leigh Fernance and Dave
Booth with both riders waging a personal
war throughout their heats and into
the final that saw Leigh Fernance take the money from Booth hot on his
heals.
The A Grade was nothing short of spectacular with Mr Excitement Mick Poole
dominating proceedings in his usual style, but the revelation of the night
was the emergence of young Dean Wiseman, who rode like a man possessed. As
he challenged firstly Ty Platt for the minor placing's in the heats and then
in the final given another half lap would have given Mick Poole something to
worry about. He looked impressive, his track craft was spot on as he rode
the highline with some breath taking outside passing and cunning inside
moves as well. Ty Platt on new machinery looked good as well as he battled
with Wiseman in the heats and eventually finishing 3rd in the final.

A successful night for the first meeting of an already action packed
calendar set down for 2000/001 season and if tonight's meeting is any
indication of what is installed. The Lynx Gosford Showground Speedway under
the new promotion should ensure an exciting season is ahead for fans and
breath life back into the Australian Domestic Speedway Solo scene.

7.....Place several 'never say die' Sidecar teams in a
Speedway programme, and the sparks will fly! Thats exactly
how the first evening meeting of the 2000-01 season at Labrador Speedway on Queensland's
Gold Coast panned out. Stuart Firth/Mark
Stachan returned to the modern Sidecars
after a stint in the Classic section and created havoc among the established combinations.
The Steve Taylor/Dave Oliver duo were in white hot form in their first heat
coming oh so close to the two year old four lap track record held by former Australian
Champion Vic Martin. Taylor and Oliver were then pitted against Firth and Strachan in two
heats prior to the Final and both teams were reluctant to surrender an inch over any part
of the 320 metre track. Taylor/Oliver
were able to record narrow wins in those heats however with the Final looming, the
sizeable crowd knew something special was in order. Bob Hill/Dave McVie
showed further improvement with impressive rides and Scott Johnston/Russell Simons joined in the action keeping all other teams honest. The
Sidecar final started with a desperate scramble to the first turn where Firth/Strachan
held sway with Taylor/Oliver snapping at their heals. The fight for third place was
equally desperate with Johnston/Simons forcing their way past Hill/McVie on lap two with
such vigour that McVie fell from his trike. The Referee chose to exclude Johnston/Simons,
and the Final was re-started. Once
again Firth/Strachan lead the dash to turn one courtesy of Taylor/Oliver lifting off the
gate. The leaders held their composure while Taylor/Oliver tried everything in their power
to catch and pass. Reward for effort was achieved with a brilliant inside lunge into turn
three on the final lap, nudging Firth/Strachan to the outside and the subsequent drag race
to the flag going to Taylor/Oliver.

The Solo section was light in numbers but some great action saw Trent Leverington
thoroughly enjoying his rising success aboard his new Jawa Laydown, Clinton Leitch
returning to the track after a few months in England with some terrific rides, and Todd
Groves giving both Leverington and Leitch a hard time.
Leverington won the Solo Final from Groves with Leitch unable to contest with electrical
problems.

The next meeting to be held at Labrador will be round 3 of the 'Jack Daniels Ivan Mauger
Golden Helmet Series' on November 4th.